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    The digital showdown

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    Sky may have taken the digital initiative, but the BBC will still hope to give the satellite giant a run for its money.

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    Gardner's condition ?improving'

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    The condition of BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, gunned down in Saudi Arabia while filming the house of an al-Qaeda militant, is slowly improving, the BBC has said. A spokesman said Gardner had not been in a coma but was heavily sedated. Gardner's cameraman Simon Cumbers died in the attack. ...

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    NUJ calls for more resources for BBC

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for more resources to be pumped into BBC news. The demand came as the union presented the findings of its own review into the BBC's editorial guidelines to BBC director of news Richard Sambrook, which highlighted issues in staff training, the use ...

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    Parliament to decide on community radio

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    The likelihood of community radio stations becoming established in the UK moved a step forward this week when the government brought a Community Radio Order before Parliament. After a period of public consultation the order will pass through both Houses of Parliament and if successful will allow Ofcom to advertise ...

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    Bectu warns against weakening PSB

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu has warned MPs that setting up an Arts Council of the Air to redistribute licence fee money to commercial broadcasters would weaken PSB. In evidence to the media select committee on BBC's Charter renewal, Bectu said the proposal 'would have the effect of seriously weakening a viable ...

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    Spooks producer goes into film-making

    2004-06-17T08:30:00Z

    Indie Kudos, producer of BBC1's Spooks and Hustle , is setting up a film production company. The project is a joint-venture between Kudos managing directors Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone and former FilmFour head Paul Webster. Garrett said: 'The synergy ...

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    CITV boss handed ITV off-peak brief

    2004-06-17T07:51:05Z

    ITV has moved to address its daytime ratings crisis by drafting in kids chief Steven Andrew to run its new off-peak department.

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    Digital rivals hit out at BBC

    2004-06-17T07:51:00Z

    The Satellite and Cable Broadcasting Group (SCBG), the trade body representing the multichannel sector, has hit out at the BBC's digital channels, claiming they are failing to meet their statutory requirements.

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    C4 shakes up indie rights deals

    2004-06-17T07:50:45Z

    The BBC, Channel 4 and Five will take an unexpected 15% cut of all secondary rights revenue from indie shows they have commissioned once the new terms of trade are signed off in coming weeks.

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    Rajar warns of cost of new ratings system

    2004-06-17T07:50:40Z

    Radio groups may have to dig deeper into their coffers to fund electronic measurement of radio audiences, after Rajar estimated it would cost up to£25m to operate.

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    Bravo chiefs plot Gazza FC

    2004-06-17T07:50:35Z

    Paul Gascoigne, the troubled former England football ace, is being lined up to run an amateur Sunday league football team for Flextech channel Bravo.

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    Granada on lookout for the next Trisha

    2004-06-17T07:50:25Z

    Granada has drawn up a wish list of replacement hosts for Trisha Goddard, as talks over the talkshow star's new contract reached crisis point this week.

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    Hadlow to give BBC4 star quality

    2004-06-17T07:50:20Z

    New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow is looking to bring on a series of high-profile faces to the channel to raise its profile.

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    Freeview hits 4 million

    2004-06-17T07:50:15Z

    Digital terrestrial platform Freeview is now in 4 million households as sales of set-top boxes show no sign of slowing.

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    Squires vows Central will keep pitching

    2004-06-17T07:50:10Z

    ITV Central managing director Ian Squires has claimed the regional franchise will continue to pitch for network productions, despite halving its workforce and closing Nottingham Studios.

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    C4 charts troubles of Men Behaving Badly star

    2004-06-17T07:50:05Z

    Leslie Ash - the former Men Behaving Badly star whose recent sexual antics ended in a spell in hospital - is to be profiled by Channel 4.

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    One Last Job for C4's ex-cons

    2004-06-17T07:50:00Z

    Channel 4 is setting up six former prisoners in business as florists for a new documentary series produced by indie Lion.

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    BBC Technology staff balloted over strike

    2004-06-16T10:27:53Z

    BBC Technology staff are threatening strike action over potential redundancies arising from the sale of BBC Technology.

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    Hadlow departure prompts C4 restructure

    2004-06-16T09:54:40Z

    Janice Hadlow's appointment as the new controller of BBC 4 has sparked a restructure of Channel 4's commissioning department.

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    Mirror chief joins Charter review panel

    2004-06-16T09:51:04Z

    Sly Bailey, the high profile chief executive of The Mirror newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, is to sit on a government-sponsored panel looking into BBC Charter renewal.